Workerism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Various trends in left-wing political discourse, especially anarchism and Marxism, that emphasize the political importance and centrality of the working class. countable, uncountable
"But the differences between these two works matter because they anticipated a fight that has arguably defined American politics since at least 2016, between a technocratic managerialism that champions college education and a nostalgic workerism that aims to defend and restore stable blue-collar employment and tends to resent members of the highly educated class."
Example
More examples"But the differences between these two works matter because they anticipated a fight that has arguably defined American politics since at least 2016, between a technocratic managerialism that champions college education and a nostalgic workerism that aims to defend and restore stable blue-collar employment and tends to resent members of the highly educated class."
Etymology
From worker + -ism.
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